Norzell Aldridge, 36, was killed on August 31, 2019, after intervening at Emerson Park in Buffalo as a little league football game was ending. Aldridge coached the Beast Elite Ducks and was carrying equipment to his car when he went to break up an escalating fight. A 17-year-old, Jason L. Washington Jr., ran up, produced a handgun, and Aldridge struck him with a football helmet trying to stop the shooting.

Washington fired, hitting Aldridge in the torso; another 20-year-old was also shot and injured. Aldridge was taken to a hospital and later died. The community held a large memorial and a portion of Koons Avenue near Sycamore Street was named Norzell Nore Aldridge Way in his honor.

If anyone witnessed the August 31, 2019 incident or knew Aldridge, please share information that could shed light on what happened.